In certain commands such as COPY, DELETE, etc., DSI prompts the user to select elements, nodes, lines, surfaces, etc. A list of options will appear in the MENU WIN-
DOW. The default selection option is cursor pick at the entity. Other commonly used selection options are described below:
A window (drag-window) is defined by clicking the left mouse button, dragging the cursor diagonally across the screen until the desired entities are within the window, and releasing the left mouse button to complete the selection. If an entity is partially outside the window, it will not be selected.
A multi-point region (polygon) is defined by clicking the left mouse button in succession to enclose the desired polygon region. Click on the right mouse button to reject the last defined point. Click on the middle button to complete the region. Entities within this region will be selected. If part of an entity is outside of the region, it will not be selected.
The part names will be listed in the menu area. Pick the name from the part list or pick an entity from the screen to select the part. Selected parts will be highlighted in white in the MENU WINDOW. All entities in the part will be selected.
This option negates the last selection whether from single cursor pick or a group of entities selected by any of the above options.
This option works like a toggle switch. If turned on, all the subsequent selected entities will be removed from the previously selected list. The user may toggle this option on and off during the course of the selection.
This option is used to control the type of elements to be selected. If DONE is selected immediately after selecting TYPE, all elements of this type will be selected. Otherwise, other options may be used to limit the selection of elements.
Note: The TYPE function is specific to the selection of elements.
This function is used to select elements created from a surface by the SURFACE MESH command.
Note: The SURFACE function is specific to the selection of elements.